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Paulo Ricardo Criado1, César Faillace, Lidia Salles Magalhães
1Outpatient Clinic of the Study Group for Vasculitis of the Division of Dermatology of the HC-FMUSP.
Abstract:
Livedo reticularis (LR) is a common finding and results from a physiological vasospastic response to cold or systemic disease, characterized by a pattern of cyanotic discoloration, or erythematous-cyanotic aspect. LR can be congenital or acquired. Among the acquired LR stand out from the physiological or cutis marmorata, the idiopathic, the induced vasospastic, those due to intravascular diseases or even in the wall of the vessels. This article reviews several clinical features, differential diagnosis and various causes of livedo.
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